Signal



' Dec. 23, 1924.

1,520,672 M. SCHALKE SIGNAL Filed March 5, 1924 i i I 4' v /W Q1 Patented Dec. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES MAXIMILIAN SGHALKE, OF FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS.

SIGNAL.

Application filed March 3, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAXIMILIAN SCHALKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin Park, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signals, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved signal for vehicles, especially for automobiles, and consists in the matters hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a signal device which can be mounted on the vehicle at a place within convenient reach of the driver and affords means for designating the name of the city or town where the driver lives and for showing or displaying a plurality of signals or signs to persons passing the vehicle in either direction.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing part of an automobile equipped with a signal embodying the features of my invention; Fig. 2 is View showing the signal. in front elevation with one of the slides drawn out to its display position; Fig. 3 is a View showing the signal in rear elevation with another slide drawn out to its display position; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on an enlarged scale of the device with parts broken away for convenience of illustration, and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a portion of an automobile body having the usual door 2, windshield frame 3 and top-frame t. A rectangular casing, preferably of metal, is formed with front and rear walls 5 and 6 respectively, top and bottom walls 7 and 8 respectively, and an end wall 9 at its inner end, the front or outer end of the casing being open.

The front and rear walls are flat and the latter is provided with integral ears 10, by which the casing is fastened to the frame 4. The top and bottom walls 7 and 8 are V-shaped in cross section as shown in Fig. 5 to provide inner guideways for the inner front and rear slides 11 and 12 respectively.

Serial No. 696,424.

Each of these slides is composed of a rectangular body adapted to fit within the case and having top and bottom side wings 13 and 14: constructed to co-operate with and slide in the ways provided by the inclined faces of the top walls 7 and 8, the parts being so arranged that the slides are suitably spaced apart to clear each other. Each slide is approximately as long as the casing and is provided at it. outer end with a handle 15 which projects out of the open end of the casing, the handles being arranged in different horizontal planes as shown for con venience of manipulation. Each slide is also provided near its rear end with a lateral flange 16 which cooperates with an interior stop 17 formed by cutting and bending inwardly a portion of the metal of the front and rear walls at suitable positions to cooperate with the wings 16 to hold the slides in their outer or protracted positions, the tops e ng spaced inwardly from the open end of the casing a sufficient distance so that the top and bottom walls of the casing will afford extended bearings for the inner portions of the slides to hold the slides in hori- Zontal alinement with the casing when they are drawn out to their display positions.

In the use of the device the name of the city or town of the owner of the car is carried on the front of the casing which is fastened to the frame of the machine in convenient position to be accessible to the driver in his seat, for example as shown in Fig. 1 at the upper left hand corner of the windshield. The slides are provided with signs. In the exemplitication shown the front slide 11 is provided with the word Help on its front and rear sides, the back ground preferably being red and lettering white, and the rear slide 12 is provided with any suitable symbol as Alls well on both sides the background and lettering being in contrasting colors. When the slide 11 is displayed it gives notice to passing motorists in both directions that the party displaying the sign is in need of assistance, and when the sign 12 is displayed it notifies passersby that the party displaying the sign is in no need of assistance and so obviates the useless stopping of passing automobiles to ofier assistance.

I claim: 7

In a device of the class described, a rectangular casing open at one end and closed at lts' opposite end and having flat front and rear Walls and V-shaped top and bot tom walls forming oppositely arranged pairs of upper and lower guides at the sides of the casing, interior stops near'the open 10 extending out of the open end of the casing 15 in different horizontal planes.

In testlmony whereof I aflix my signature.

MAXIMILIAN SGHALKE; V 

